How appeal court verdict against Le Pen puts her back in the running for 2027

According to RFI English, a French appeals court this week upheld Marine Le Pen's conviction for embezzling European Parliament funds and sentenced her to house arrest — a penalty the far-right leader had said would knock her out of France's 2027 presidential race. But the story isn't over: Le Pen still has one final legal recourse to overturn the conviction, and pending that appeal she remains free to campaign.

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